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1. Searching for Obscurity says:

   September 9, 2011 at 12:51 pm

   With $ 10,000 you can go around the world not only to Egypt. I don’t work in Tourism, so I can’t effectively answer that question, but I will go out on a limb and say you can do all of what you mentioned for less than $ 4,000. This depends on where you need to take wing from, as the airline tickets would be the largest expense of the trip.

   Take the rest of the money and save it for your next trip.
2. Sam Carani says:

   September 9, 2011 at 12:59 pm

   try this
   ) Khan al Khalili Market, Cairo
   2) Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo
   3) Pyramids of Giza/Sphinx tour, Cairo
   4) Nile Whitewater rafting
   6) Nile Cruise
   7) Nile Fishing
   5) Red sea scuba diving Sinai Mountain
   10) White Desert
   9) Terrazzini beach ???? NEVER HEARD OF IT.
   also try hostelling, the preeminent ever.
   in terms of food, you can by food along the way, it is cheap also transport is cheap, take taxis , they cost nothing if you bargain, taxi drivers tend to trick you there. so bargain and question how much it cost in advance. try more than one.
   for hostels also try this globetrotterexchange.com/hostels.html , they have hostels for as low as $ 10 per night.
   excellent luck
3. egyphile says:

   September 9, 2011 at 1:33 pm

   For $ 10,000 you can travel like a king in Egypt. The most expensive section of the trip will be the flights…depending where you are flying from. From New York, for example, your international flight, with domestic flight to Luxor or Aswan round trip (to pick up your Nile Cruise) should run approximately $ 2,000 total.
   Clad hotels are available from $ 20 per night to $ 200 per night. Nile Cruise usually runs from $ 100 per night to $ 200 per night.

   Of the ten attractions you chose, I would not remember White water rafting on the Nile, it is NOT a white water river. I have never heard of Tetrazzini beach…and I have been to Egypt more than thirty times. Fishing in the Nile is NOT recommended…..save the fishing for Alexandria and the Medditeranean.

   Your ten choices would require you to take wing to Cairo, then to the Red Sea/Sinai area, back to Cairo to pick up a flight to Luxor or Aswan to join your Nile Cruise boat, back to Cairo to orchestrate transport to the White Desert. That is a LOT to fit in to 21 days.

   With $ 10,000 at your disposal you don’t have to go cheap:

   My itinerary for YOU…..

   Take wing Egypt Air to Cairo….stay at the Cosmopolitan in downtown Cairo…approx $ 30 per night or the Marriot Palace, $ 200 per night…Four nights….visit the Antiquities Museum…ticket only 20 Egyptian Pounds (about 4 American dollars) Visit the Pyramids, either on guided tour that will include the 3 Giza Pyramids, as well as the Step Pyramid at Sakkhara and the ancient capital of Memphis…tour approximatly $ 25 dollars. Spend one day visiting OLD Cairo and the Citidal of Sala edDin. Spend the afternoon shopping at the Khan El Khalili Bazaar.
   Hire a confidential car to Alexandria (approx $ 120 round trip) or take the automobile…3 hours for $ 20. Stay at the Union…$ 16 to $ 30 per night, or the Windsor Palace…$ 150 to $ 200 per night…3 nights. One day for sight seeing, 2 days for the fantastic beaches. Eat very inexpensively at ‘Taverna’ (dinner could cost $ 3 to $ 15, aptly opposite the main tram rank, close to the Cecil lodge or extravagantly at ‘Santa Lucia’, ‘Tikka Grill’ or ‘The Fish Market’ where dinner can run $ 50 to $ 75.
   Back to Cairo for two nights at same hotels. This time go to Maison Thomas in Zamalek for the worlds BEST pizza.
   Take wing to Luxor to pick up Cruise boat…My favorite, Sonesta Sun Goddess… debark at Aswan, and check into Ramses or Cleopatra hotels…approx $ 20 per night, or the Isis Island Resort and Spa at $ 150 per night. At Isis Island breakfast is included, and there are a number of inexpensive restaurants along the Nile, two of the preeminent “Aswan Moon” and “Panorama”.

   You can orchestrate an overnight tour to the White Desert (sleeping in a tent) through your lodge in Cairo…could run anywhere from $ 100 to $ 250…depending on tour company.

   The Red Sea and Sinai should really be saved for a SECOND trip…since they are not places that can be appreciated in only one or two days. But if you want to squeeze in an overnight trip to Sinai to climb the mountain you can orchestrate it, again, thru your lodge. Will cost anywhere from $ 150 to $ 300 depending on accomodation, travel (flight recommended) and meals.

   Hope this helps a bit.
4. Zizi says:

   September 9, 2011 at 1:41 pm

   The simplest way is to look up the travel agencies such as ETI (I reckon it stands for Express travel International) -they have super sweet deals where for two weeks on the Red Sea in a resort you pay 489 euros at smallest amount for january). this will take care of the lodge and food accomodations. From there you can book indvidual trips to Cairo- the 1st attraction will take maximum 2 hours it is just a basar where they sell many things but they hassle so much that one soon loses an interest. Make sure you spend at smallest amount 1 day for the Museum and at smallest amount 1/2 day for the pyramids. I am not sure about the rafting, but when you take a cruise own the Nile (they are 5 days long) and you make to see Luxor, Kofu, Edfu, Aswan and Abu Simbl- the price (in my case) was about 290 euros. Then see Sinai Mountain and the rest. My advice is find hotels in the center -there is small difference in the cost but a huge difference in comfort. Again, check the travel agencies -that is the preeminent way to initiation and you’ll be amazed how much 10,000 can buy you.
   Excellent luck!
5. RAMSIS II says:

   September 9, 2011 at 2:28 pm

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